Portal:Anniversaries/October 1
- 1996 — Jacques Etoile is founded.
- 2001 — Günter Blümlein dies in Schaffhausen. He began working at Junghans before joining VDO Automotive to lead IWC and Jaeger-LeCoultre and the resurgence of Swiss watchmaking in the 1980s and 1990s.
- 2001 — Fossil Group acquires the Swiss brand, Zodiac